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A Hilarious Heineken Ad Showing the Superiority of Beer Over Water With a Simple Musical Demonstration
In a hilarious ad for Heineken beer by Swedish photographer Patrik Ekenblom, a very serious Henrik Oskarsson shows the superiority of beer over water with…
How Beings Become Aware of the Need to Be Aware
In the first of a three-part series, Munich design group Kurzgesagt takes on the philosophical conundrum about the origin of consciousness, specifically how and when…
New York City Subway Riders Help a Man Carry a Giant Construction Beam Onto the Subway Train
NYC is different man pic.twitter.com/diE9KVpvRo — Zad (@ECM_LP) March 15, 2019 New York is often portrayed as a cold, hard city yet those who really…
Happy-Go-Lucky Therapy Dog Makes a Hilarious Attempt to Run the Crufts Dog Show Agility Course
A Romanian therapy dog named Kratu with a wonderful happy-go-lucky personality won over the hearts of the audience and of the announcers at the Crufts…
The Physics of Surfing
In a splashy TED-Ed lesson by Nick Pizzo and illustrated by Miguel Ángel Camprubi, narrator Addison Anderson explains how physics are an invisible but essential…
The Finely Curated World of Connoisseur Coffee
The New Yorker goes inside the finely curated world of high-end coffee to learn exactly how these newly developed fourth and fifth waves are different…
Redrum Roll Cake, A Brilliant Replication of the Iconic Rug From ‘The Shining’ in a Delicious Edible Form
Kaci Hansen of the aptly named Homicidal Homemaker horror themed cooking/cocktail series, has created “The Shining REDRUM Roll Cake”. This intricate log cake is an…
Swedish Actor Joel Kinnaman Answers a Series of Questions That Determine How Nordic He Really Is
While promoting his upcoming film The Informer, Swedish-American actor Joel Kinnaman (The Killing, Altered Carbon) happily answered a series of amusing questions that were oriented…
A Pair of Curious Dogs Figure Out How to Operate Two Dimensional Game That Releases Yummy Treats
Albert and Delta, two adorable Labrador retrievers, took turns figuring out how to operate a machine their engineer human (previously) built for them. This game…
Clever Buttered Toast iPhone Case That Saves Screens When Landing Butter Side Down Due To Murphy’s Law
The Japanese company Fairy and You has created a very clever line of iPhone cases that look like a piece of toast, which according to…